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Source #232

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TitleResearch: Global Counsel - parliamentary record
Original URLhttps://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Global%20Counsel%22%7D
PublicationPublic Record Research
Source typediscovery_scope_note
Date2024
EntityGlobal Counsel
Captured2026-04-05T08:11:09.581Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-05T08:11:09.581Z UTC
SHA-256fe6f819e6eb5f98a0cbabcdfca6b60ba8373579c1ca64e718d9da0fdfdc0d01e
Content length505 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Global Counsel is a strategic advisory firm founded in 2013 by Peter Mandelson (former UK Cabinet Minister and European Commissioner) and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser. The firm provides geopolitical and public policy advice to corporate clients. Parliamentary records contain limited direct references to Global Counsel as a corporate entity, though there are documented instances of parliamentary questions and register of interests entries related to its founders and the lobbying/advisory sector more broadly.

Verifying this receipt

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sha256( coalesce(url, '<no-url>') || '\n' || raw_content )

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  2. Concatenate url + '\n' + content and SHA-256 it.
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  -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
  --data-binary @document.txt

Companion machine-readable receipt: /source/232/receipt.json